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Medical Scientist Training Program
Rana Mansour

Rana Mansour

G2 Student

Faculty Advisor

  • Francesca Marassi, PhD, Biophysics

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

BA, Political Science, The American University in Cairo, 2020

Biography

Neurodegeneration, mitochondrial homeostasis, genomics, political etiology

Research Experience

Medical College of Wisconsin, 2024-Present
Advisors: Francesca Marassi, PhD
Project: Vitronectin Structure and Function

Medical College of Wisconsin, November 2022-May 2023
Advisor: Blake Hill, PhD & Allison Ebert, PhD
Project: Mitochondrial dynamics in age-related neurodegenerative diseases

Medical College of Wisconsin, November 2022-May 2023
Advisor: Blake Hill, PhD
Project: Determination of fission protein expression levels in cancer cells

Zewail City of Science and Technology, 2020-2022
Advisor: Menattallah Elserafy, PhD
Project: 1) Investigating the mechanisms of C9orf72dipeptide repeats (DPRs) toxicity; 2) Studying the relation between the exocyst complex and resistance to cancer drugs 

Publications

Alaswad Z, Attallah NE, Aboalazm B, Elmeslhy ES, Mekawy AS, Afify FA, Mahrous HK, Abdalla A, Rahmoon MA, Mohamed AA, Shata AH, Mansour RH, Aboul-ela F, Elhadidy M, Javierre BM, El-Khamisy SF, Elserafy M. Insights into the human cDNA: A descriptive study using library screening in yeast. J Genet Eng Biotechnol. 2024;22(4):100427. doi:10.1016/j.jgeb.2024.100427.

Ihenacho UK, Toro R, Mansour RH, Hill RB. A conserved, noncanonical insert in FIS1 mediates TBC1D15 and DRP1 recruitment for mitochondrial fission. J Biol Chem. 2023 Nov;299(11):105303. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105303. Epub 2023 Sep 28. PMID: 37777154; PMCID: PMC10641528.

Elsadany M, Elghaish RA, Khalil AS, Ahmed AS, Mansour RH, Badr E, Elserafy M. Transcriptional Analysis of Nuclear-Encoded Mitochondrial Genes in Eight Neurodegenerative Disorders: The Analysis of Seven Diseases in Reference to Friedreich's Ataxia. Front Genet. 2021 Dec 20;12:749792. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.749792. PMID: 34987545; PMCID: PMC8721009. 

General Interests

Fencing, reading, poetry, running, political theory